Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Psalms 55:4

FearDeath and lossGrief

2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
KJV
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
WEB
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
ASV
My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
DARBY
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
BLB
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
ÅB
Mitt hjerte bever i mitt bryst, og dødens redsler er falt på meg.
OTB
Mitt hjerte er dypt såret i meg,
Og dødens redsler har grepet meg.
B1930
Mitt hjerte bever i mitt bryst, og dødens redsler er falt på mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 116:3

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    Read in context

  • Mark 14:33–34

    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

    Read in context

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8–10

    For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

    Read in context

  • Hebrews 5:7

    Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

    Read in context

  • Psalms 18:4–5

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 88:3

    For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 6:3

    My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

    Read in context

  • Psalms 69:20

    Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

    Read in context